We need to learn from Germany's experiments in shared care | Alex Fox
The multigeneration houses in Germany combine nurseries and nursing homes. It may be a glimpse of a new kind of social careThe thinktank IPPR has recommended that the UK learns from the multigeneration...
View ArticleLabour's childcare plans could put 100,000 mothers back into work
Figures analysed by the House of Commons library suggest 135,000 women would enter workforce or work extra hoursMore than 100,000 mothers would be helped back to work under Labour's plans to extend...
View ArticleIn my manifesto education policy ideas for 2015
With the election just a year away, and education likely to be a key battleground, we asked some of our readers what would get their vote. Tell us your ideas below Continue reading...
View ArticleThe costs of childcare: how Britain compares with Sweden
One in three British mothers says she has been put off having another child, but do parents in the UK really get a raw deal?When you see that little blue line come up on the pregnancy test, the first...
View ArticleQueen's speech: Miliband says deep public cynicism must be tackled
Labour leader responds to bills by highlighting risk of public apathy and questioning ability to build a nation 'that works for all'Parliament must address the deep cynicism in the public reflected by...
View ArticleWe need radical transformational change in the way Britain governs itself |...
A report from the Institute of Public Policy Research shows us a path to a stronger nationThursday is a big moment for the renewal of social democracy. The Institute for Public Policy Research's The...
View ArticleFreeze child benefit for over-fives to fund better childcare, says thinktank
IPPR calls for full-time affordable childcare for children aged one to four in report partly adopted by LabourChild benefit should be frozen for all children over the age of five to fund improved...
View ArticleMiliband's embrace of IPPR report marks turning point in Labour thinking
Thinktank's analysis of social renewal in Britain 're-imagines social democracy within a very cold climate economically'Thinktank reports tend to be rated by the number of the individual policies that...
View ArticleChildcare costs huge stumbling block for women re-entering workforce
Natsem study finds Coalition's paid parental leave scheme less effective help than cheaper childcareAddressing the soaring cost of childcare would be a more effective way of boosting female workforce...
View ArticleIPPR calls for all families to receive help with childcare costs
Report proposes radical shake-up to boost children's development and parents' employment ratesEvery family should get help from the government with the cost of childcare, according to a report from the...
View ArticleParental leave is good, but how great would summer vacation for parents be? |...
Reforming the outdated school calendar could do as much for working families as flexible schedules and child careSome of my fondest memories are of summer vacation: no school, playing in the sprinklers...
View ArticleTony Abbott leaves door open for more childcare benefit cuts
Productivity Commission expected to canvas means testing of the childcare rebate, which is currently exemptTony Abbott has left the door open for further means testing of childcare benefits.The...
View ArticleCan I afford a four-day week?
Impacts on child benefit, tax, car insurance or rail fares mean that working part time can bring greater contentment without financial miseryPeople should work four days a week, not five. That was the...
View Article'Hidden army' of grandparents helping families priced out of childcare
Some 2 million have cut working hours and upped spending to help grandchildren as work pressures increase, say charitiesA 'hidden army' of grandparents have stepped in to help families who cannot...
View ArticleTo protect children, they must always be the priority
Children must be at the heart of policymaking as the child abuse scandals of the 70s and 80s tell usSometimes the sense that we are standing in the wrong place to see what's really happening turns out...
View ArticleThe benefits cliff: when minimum wage increases backfire on the people in need
For many Americans living in poverty, the real cost of higher minimum wage could be benefits lost by a few dollars gainedFederal workers get higher wages but won't catch up to CEOsWho would oppose a...
View ArticleChildcare subsidies: Coalition cautious on mean-testing recommendations
Government also plays down Productivity Commission's suggestion money earmarked for paid parental scheme be diverted to childcareThe Abbott government has reacted cautiously to the Productivity...
View ArticleThe childcare verdict: it beats paid parental leave, says productivity...
Draft report suggests big changes to simplify childcare funding, to be paid for by ditching government-funded paid parental leaveThe productivity commissions draft report into childcare and early...
View ArticleTony Abbott's paid parental leave scheme not ditched, say ministers
Getting budget passed is the priority as finance minister Mathias Cormann reveals $165m more in cuts to social servicesGovernment ministers have denied reports that Tony Abbotts $5.5bn paid parental...
View ArticleChildcare experts dismayed by plans to cut funding for childcare that does...
Childcare experts dismayed by plans to cut funding for childcare that does not promote "fundamental British values"Childcare experts have reacted with dismay to new measures announced by the education...
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